Valid from 30/09/1998
34(1)At the beginning of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 6 (requirements as to drug or alcohol dependency) of Schedule 1A to the 1973 Act there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to sub-paragraph (1A) below, ”.
(2)After that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(1A)If the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that arrangements for implementing orders under section 61 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (drug treatment and testing orders) are available in the area proposed to be specified in the probation order, and the notice has not been withdrawn, this paragraph shall have effect as if the words “drugs or”, in each place where they occur, were omitted.”
(3)After that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“7 Interpretation
“7In the case of an offender under the age of 18 years, references in this Schedule to a probation officer include references to a member of a youth offending team.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 34 wholly in force; Sch. 8 para. 34 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; Sch. 8 para. 34(1)(2) in force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(2) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8); Sch. 8 para. 34(3) in force at 30.9.1998 in the areas specified in Sch. 1 of the said S.I. by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (subject to savings in art. 9); Sch. 8 para. 34(3) in force at 1.4.2000 to the extent that it is not already in force by S.I. 2000/924, art. 2